27/08/2014
The “Matsya Purana (Sun is the giver of good health). Saints and learned people in India devised different methods of Sun worship and “Surya Namaskar” (prostrating to Sun God).
The ray of the rising Sun was considered very important for the health of all plants and animals including man. This has the capacity to annihilate disease-causing factors and bestow good health. According to “Rig Veda”, the rays of the rising Sun can heal heart problems, jaundice, anemia etc. The “Atharva Veda” also says that the rays have unique healing properties for heart-related problems and for patients suffering from anemia.
This is the reason why Vedas prescribe worship of the rising Sun by facing east at the time of sunrise. The ray of the Sun falling directly on the chest is highly beneficial for a good health. The rays of the morning Sun are more beneficial compared to its rays at any other time of the day.
There is a reference of 22 diseases in the 9th chapter of “Atharva Veda” which can be cured by the rays of the rising Sun. Some common ailments given in the list are headache, earache, anemia, diseases of head, deafness, blindness, all kinds of body pain, stiffness of body-joints, all types of fever, jaundice, diseases of stomach, poisoning, diseases caused by imbalance of “Vaata” and “Kapha” elements, diseases of urine, pain in eyes, diseases of lungs, bones, cartilage, intestines, ge****ls, tuberculosis, wounds, diseases of backbone, knees, thighs, leprosy etc.
JAI GURU DEV.